Don't They Really Care About Them ?

[LeftEyeNine]

I just watched MJ - They Don't Care About Us video - his last good song, me thinks, though in the clip he had already turned into a dancing ghost.

What is the background/history of this black people problem in USA? Or does it possess the quality of being a "problem"? Is it being exagerrated or is big enough to "ignore" or "see" ?

[Fragony]

I think the song was directed towards politics/corporates rather then racism;I could be wrong(been a while since I last saw it) but you also see white people in the video. Great song yes, I love the drums.

[LeftEyeNine]

I think the song was directed towards politics/corporates rather then racism;I could be wrong(been a while since I last saw it) but you also see white people in the video. Great song yes, I love the drums.

Though big picture looks like politics criticism, lyrics like "If Martin Luther was living / he would not let this be,no no" or "I am the victim of police brutality, now / I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate / You're rapin' me of my pride" or "Skin head, dead head" focus on black discrimination, if any.

Great song yes, I especially like the explosion where distorted guitars drive in towards the end.

[BDC]

Its always a bit of a misconception to say that the big fatcats don't care about minorities. That's not necesarrily so. Big Fatcats don't care about poor people in general, race couldn't matter less, I'm sure.

It's the way it's always been. And always will be.

[doc_bean]

Bill Gates gives a ton of money to charities, I've heard.

[Kanamori]

There's a difference between Bill Gates and the heir to the Mars candy fortune. Gates is still a prole, even if he's rich. "Old money" couldn't care less about poor people.